India on Sunday recorded 1,761 new coronavirus cases and this is the lowest in 688 days.
The total infection tally since the pandemic broke out is 4,30,07,841. With 127 deaths, the toll climbed to 5,16,479.
The number of actives cases dropped by 1,562 to 26,240 in the last 24 hours. So far, 4,24,65,122 patients have recovered from the virus.
The daily positivity rate dropped to 0.41% on Sunday, down from Saturday’s 0.56%.
Globally, the coronavirus has so far infected 46.97 crore people and caused 60.74 lakh deaths since the pandemic began in January 2020.
The last 24 hours saw a total of 4,31,973 COVID-19 tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 78.26 crore tests, PTI reported.
The cumulative COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country so far under the nationwide vaccination drive have exceeded 181.21 crore.
